I just upgraded my phone from a Galaxy Note 4 to a Galaxy S8+ and I have to say...phone technology isn't exactly leaping ahead the way it felt like it used to. The S8+ is nice and everything, and it cost me nothing as my plan had expired anyway, but I'm doing my best to find significant differences between it and the 3 year old phone I was using.

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This is true but, to defend my nonsense a little, they're not really being sold as things that you just turn on to use because then they're not really any more convenient than asking Siri or looking something up with Google Assistant or whatever.

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Give a man the reputation of an early riser and he can sleep 'til noon-Mark Twain

Iím still using the IPhone 6 for much the same reason, Iíve had a free upgrade available for well over a year and just havenít seen anything that is miles better.

The iPhone X is jump, but not necessarily the kind we saw in the earlier days of smartphones. Not having a home button takes some getting used to, but the wireless charging is a really nice addition, and being able unlock my phone with my face is pretty fun. There's a few hardware upgrades that they don't really have apps to fully take advantage of (the augmented reality stuff, the facial mapping with the front camera, etc), but there's stuff.

Really, though, as it's probably not one of the phone you can get for free, it's not worth the upgrade from the 6 to the 8 unless your phone is having issues.

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"Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts." - Daniel Patrick Moynihan

This is true but, to defend my nonsense a little, they're not really being sold as things that you just turn on to use because then they're not really any more convenient than asking Siri or looking something up with Google Assistant or whatever.

No, for sure. I haven't turned off the microphone, other than to actually test pushing that button.